Pu Haiqing Explained

Office1:Mayor of Chongqing
Term Start1:18 June 1997
Term End1:June 1999
1Blankname1:Party Secretary
Successor1:Bao Xuding
Pu Haiqing
Native Name:蒲海清
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Nanbu County, Sichuan, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Chongqing University

Pu Haiqing (; born December 1941) is a Chinese politician who spent served as mayor of Chongqing from 1997 to 1999. He was a delegate to the 9th and 10th National People's Congress, and a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Biography

Pu was born in Nanbu County, Sichuan, in December 1941. In 1961, he entered Chongqing University, majoring in steel rolling. After university in December 1968, he was assigned to the Fourth Branch of Chongqing Iron and Steel Company (later renamed Chongqing Iron and Steel Group Corporation). He moved up the ranks to become factory deputy director in September 1979 and general manager of Chongqing Iron and Steel Group Corporation in December 1982.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1973, and got involved in politics in January 1985, when he was appointed deputy director of Sichuan Provincial Economic Commission, and three months later was promoted to the director position. He also served as vice governor of Sichuan. He was appointed executive vice governor in March 1992 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In February 1996, he was made executive deputy party secretary. In September 1996, he was named acting mayor of Chongqing, confirmed in June 1997. He was director and party branch secretary of the State Bureau of Metallurgical Industry in June 1996, and held that office until February 2001. He served as deputy director of the Three Gorges Project Committee of the State Council in February 2001, and two years later promoted to the director position.[2] In March 2008, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.chinaaffairs.org/gb/detail.asp?id=24308 . zh:中共第十六届中央委员、中纪委名单 . List of members of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection . chinaaffairs.org . 14 November 2002 . 20 June 2022 . zh.
  2. News: Gao Mingzhu (Chinese: 高明昧). https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-10-11/114210207976s.shtml . zh:蒲海清率领三峡库区蓄水情况考察团考察三峡工程 . sina . 11 October 2006 . 20 June 2022 . zh.
  3. News: Chang Hong (Chinese: 常红). Zhang Haiyan (Chinese: 张海燕). http://news.sohu.com/20091223/n269160378.shtml . zh:蒲海清:可再生能源法修正案体现了五大进步 . Sohu . 23 December 2009 . 20 June 2022 . zh.